GIS Quiz

What are the two general format used in GIS?

• Vector and raster

• Points and lines

• Features and attributes

• Digital and paper maps

What is the main component for the successful GIS?

• Hardware

• Method

• Data

• People

GIS stands for...

• Geographic Information System

• Generic Information System

• Geological Information System

• Geographic Information Sharing

GIS deals with which kind of data

• Numeric data

• Binary data

• Spatial data

• Complex data

Which of the following statements is not true about the capabilities of GIS?

• Data capture and preparation

• Data management, including storage and maintenance

• Data manipulation and analysis

• All of the above

By 'spatial data' we mean data that has...

• Complex values

• Positional values

• Graphic values

• Decimal values

Which of the following is not an example of spatial data?

• Times of particular events

• Polygons showing the area occupied by a particular land use or variable

• Lines showing the route of linear objects

• Points showing location of discrete objects

GIS maps can:

• Tell us where something is

• Help us visualize information

• Help us compare information

• All of the above

What is not GIS?

• Data has a spatial component

• A seamless operation linking the information to the geography

• Just software and tool for making maps

• Data can be used to symbolize

What is structural of vector data?

• A series of x,y coordinates

• Grid and cells

• For continuous data such as elevation, slope, surfaces

• All of the above